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About the Role

Fox Williams offers a unique opportunity to advance your career in a personable, progressive, and entrepreneurial environment. Our people and culture are important to us and central to everything we do. We continually strive to create and maintain a friendly and supportive environment for our staff. You will quickly get to know everyone from the Senior Partner to the most junior staff. Whilst we are recognised for our strong culture and investing in our people, we are equally well known for our high-profile matters, quality of our work and solving our clients’ most complex legal issues.

Responsibilities

Daily Client Account bank reconciliations (and Office Account bank reconciliations if cover is required)
Daily review of the Office account online and making the relevant postings into 3E
Processing all anticipated disbursement invoices and, if necessary, purchasing the currency from Convera
Reconciliation of the firm’s IPO, WIPO, and OHIM accounts
Reconciliation of the firm’s credit card account
Processing CHAPS payments when required
Ensuring compliance with the SRA Rules, liaising with the other cashiering staff as required
Reporting breaches and potential breaches to the Cashier Manager in a timely manner
Answering queries from partners, fee earners and legal assistants
Covering for the Cashier Manager, Cashier and Accounts Payable during annual leave or other absence
Reviewing and posting of all bills and credit notes with 24 hours of receipt
Transfers of time and disbursements between matters
Editing of time entries as necessary
Ad-hoc duties as required by the Cashier Manager and Financial Controller

Requirements

Self-motivated and able to organise own work with only limited supervision
Copes effectively in demanding circumstances
Good time management, adopting a flexible approach to work and a willingness to work overtime when the needs of clients or the firm so dictate
Demonstrates persistence and commitment to completing tasks and objectives
Pays attention to detail and quality of work
Demonstrates a commitment to improving working practices and supports company plans and policies
Ability to build and maintain working relationships with others and is seen as ‘approachable’
Operates effectively as part of a team, including providing cover in times of team absences
Willing to offer help to all colleagues to ensure company success
Demonstrates sound judgement and good decision making when dealing with problems, including looking for solutions to new problems
Knows when to seek guidance or further input from others before acting
Able to express oneself both orally and in writing in a clear and constructive way
Willing to ask questions, listen to others’ views and accept advice
Willing to contribute ideas and seek improvements
Good internal and external client- handling skills, both by telephone and face-to-face
Prior junior legal experience, preferably in a legal or professional services environment
Numeracy, accuracy, and a high level of attention to detail
Working knowledge of accounting principles
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Skills

Cashiering
Bank reconciliations
3E
Disbursement invoices
IPO
WIPO
OHIM
Credit card account reconciliation
CHAPS payments
SRA Rules compliance
Billing
Credit notes
Time transfers
Disbursement transfers
Time entry editing
Accounting principles
Communication skills

Experience Level

Junior

About the Company

Fox Williams offers a personable, progressive, and entrepreneurial environment.
Our people and culture are important to us and central to everything we do.
We continually strive to create and maintain a friendly and supportive environment for our staff.
We are recognised for our strong culture and investing in our people.
We are equally well known for our high-profile matters, quality of our work and solving our clients’ most complex legal issues.
Fox Williams is committed to creating a more diverse workforce which better reflects the demographics of society and the broad range of clients for whom we work.
We collaborate with our recruitment agents to seek a broad talent pool for all our roles.
We are passionate about working in an inclusive environment and successful candidates will be required to uphold this.